Improved olothes-eote adjuster



,tnitrntetre ietnt @Hita LettersrPatent No. 82,911, dated October 6,1868,

. IMPROVBD CLOTHES-LINE ADJUSTER.

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` TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

' Beit knowu that I, RUDOVLPH WHITE, of Newport, Perry county, in theState of Pennsylvania, have invented a Self-'Adjusting or AngulatingDevice for changing the Direction vof Clothes-Lines and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, y

making" a part of this specification, in which-4 Figure lis aperspective' view ofthe combined arrangement of the parts.

Figure 2 the application of the same. Figure 3 'a plan viewiof the same,applied to a staple.

v The nature of my invention consists inA providing a hook with aswivel-joint, in connection with spring and pulley, in order that thelatter can`accon1'modat'e itself to any angle, in whatever direction thecord or clothes-line'may. be carried for attachment, from one point`to'another, without twisting the sainefor cause it toA bind on thegrooved pulley land its bearings.

The drawings and object stated clearly define my invention, so as toenable any one skilled ih the business or art to make and use myinvention. u I' y Fig. 3 shows the hook A, with its neck and head, a,confined in the top of tbe-.bearingsB B of-the pulley G; a pin, d, for aspring, D,'is also shown. The pulley, with its spring-and bearings,turns freely upon the head, a, of theswivel-hook A, so that when theclothesline is slipped in between the spring and the open 5bearing,.B,

it cannot escape by simply slacking the rope, as may happen, butconfines the cord to the groove ofthe pulley, f

but so as to allow the cord tobe easily disengaged, when desired.

I am awareY that if we consider the parts separately, there is nonovelty in the swivel-hook and'pulley with its bearings; I amalso awarethat Patent No. 67,341 claims a clothes-line hook-block, the shell ofwhich is provided with an aperture andloop, and made in one continuouspiece of iron or other metal. This has a pulley, but no swivel-hook;simply a loop to connect the same with a hook, nail, `or button ailixedtousome object.

Such a device I do not claim. i

By the combination of my device I can attach it to a limb of a tree orany convenient object and run my clothes-line ont at any angle, in anydirection. The swivel-hook allows the rope and pulley to accommodatetheir united action with the greatest facility; -in short, presentinglsomany advantages as to make my deviceV substantially di'er from thatabove referred to.

What I claim as my-inventiomand desire tol secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the spring D, in combination with the swivel-hook A,and bearings B B', in the manne and for the purpose set forth.

R. WHITE. Witnesses WM. B. WILEY, JACOB STAUFFER.

